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Is saving John Lewis the toughest job in retail?

John Lewis is a doughty symbol of London retail, but that does not guarantee it a bricks-and-mortar future. Gamages on Holborn traded in everything from toys to supplying the army with catapults during the First World War, but was an anachronism in swinging London by the Seventies, while Dickins &…

Retail chief’s confused messaging has hinted at self-doubt and panic, even though the group is making reasonable progress

First came the chicken. She needed to go to that butchers in Holland Park to get it, he said. No, no, Waitrose wouldn’t do. He was as adamant as an Old Testament prophet on that score. A Waitrose chicken won’t cut the mustard. Oh and it has to be cooked…